Van Brunt v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of Duluth to recover $350 rent upon a lease. The case was tried before Edson, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $105.62. A motion for a new trial being denied, defendant appealed to the district court for St. Louis county. From an order, Cant and Dibell, JJ., reversing the order of the municipal court, plaintiff appealed to the supreme court.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Action for rent, based upon an alleged lease of a dwelling house for the term of eight months from September 1, at a stipulated *117rental of $50 per month. It was Drought in the municipal court for the city of Duluth, and plaintiff had a verdict for the sum of $100, for two months’ rent, — October and November, — and interest. The court denied defendant’s motion for a new trial, and upon appeal to the district court (Laws 1901, c. 397) the order was reversed.
It was admitted in the complaint that the defendant had paid rent for the first month of the alleged term of eight months. The answer…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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